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Photocopy of a short address made by Father Hayes in Northern Ireland promoting Muintir na Tíre.

Text of an address given by Father Hayes in which he states that the current social system is un-Christian and denies the individual workman access to the sources and tools of productions, and that unemployment is in opposition to 'the Divinely planned economy of life'. He then uses statistics to demonstrate the impact of unemployment and unworked land in rural Ireland and states that Muintir na Tíre is a vehicle by which the process of rural land reclamation may be organised.

3 typed copies of a short address given by Canon Hayes at a St. Patrick's Day Parade held by the Tipperary Parish Guild and Council of Muintir na Tíre.

Notes written by Father Hayes for a 1939 paper or address on Muintir na Tíre (5pp). Attached is a typed transcript of Father Hayes' notes (2pp).

4 typed copies of an address given to a branch of the Catholic Young Men's Society by Father Hayes on rural emigration. Father Hayes notes that rural emigration is also occurring in France, while it has stopped in Italy, implying that this is due to the implementation of vocational guilds. He states that the new Muintir na Tíre guild in Tipperary town 'has brought harmony to the whole parochial community and improved socially and economically the people of the area', and that there are now 6 guilds in County Tipperary, a Diocesan Council for the Archdiocese of Cashel, and guilds in Clonmel and Cork. Includes original copy with annotations and corrections (13pp), a shorter revised version (7pp), a revised version with annotations and addends (5pp), and an annotated longer version missing its final page (16pp).

Draft of an address given to a branch of the Catholic Young Men's Society by Father Hayes on rural emigration. Father Hayes notes that rural emigration is also occurring in France, while it has stopped in Italy, implying that this is due to the implementation of vocational guilds. He states that the new Muintir na Tíre guild in Tipperary town 'has brought harmony to the whole parochial community and improved socially and economically the people of the area', and that there are now 6 guilds in County Tipperary, a Diocesan Council for the Archdiocese of Cashel, and guilds in Clonmel and Cork. The last page is missing [see P134/12/1/2/10/58].

Text of address given by Father Hayes at the opening of the Muintir na Tíre Hall in Ballyduff, County Waterford. Father Hayes notes that this is the second hall in Ireland built from the ground up by a Muintir na Tíre parish guild. He also promotes the upcoming Rural Week in Waterford.

Address given by Father Hayes commemorating 3 years of operations for Rural Industries Ltd., a collectively-owned jam factory in Bansha opened as a project of the local Muintir na Tíre parish council.

Draft of a lecture given by Father Hayes at the annual inaugural meeting of the Agricultural Science Society of University College Dublin, Earlsfort Terrace, 8 December 1939. Father Hayes talks of the economic troubles plaguing rural Ireland, the need for better rural education to keep young people on the land, and of Muintir na Tíre and its parish guild model. Includes an invitation card for the lecture (1p), Father Hayes' handwritten lecture notes (11pp), and a typed draft of the notes with annotations and corrections (10pp).

Typed copy of Father Hayes' address given at the Muintir na Tíre Rural Week-End, Lucan, 1941. Includes annotations and corrections. The address touts the successes of Muintir na Tíre guilds and councils and their various endeavours, and states that 'you should also build an order that will survive when the emergency will have passed. That is the work of Muintir na Tíre.'